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257594.43 in reply to 257594.40
Date: 5/14/2014 5:47:55 PM
Roaring Lions
III.4
Overall Posts Rated:
6262
Second Team:
Blue Pandas
Div II.1 is $440,054 and again mainly attendance

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257594.44 in reply to 257594.43
Date: 5/19/2014 1:16:24 PM
Durham Wasps
III.1
Overall Posts Rated:
16621662
Second Team:
Sunderland Boilermakers
Very late callups for Luke Innes and Terrell Hongs today. I had wanted to save a spot for at the very least another week, but since we need to win today, next week becomes a problem that can be put off.

We have another guard injured, Palit is still unfit, so with Hongs in such good shape, he became an easy choice.

Innes is an entirely different matter. At almost the start of his England career, he's at the opposite end of the experience scale from Hongs, but he is an excellent all round player, capable of backing up both SF and PF, and hopefully he will be able to contribute today.

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257594.45 in reply to 257594.44
Date: 5/19/2014 3:45:41 PM
Durham Wasps
III.1
Overall Posts Rated:
16621662
Second Team:
Sunderland Boilermakers
Where to begin? At the end I think. And end it is. The loss to Croatia means our attempt to qualify is over, with a game still to play. While we've played well the last two weeks, against two much higher ranked teams, we had good leads in both games and I'm sure I'm not alone in being disappointed.

Of course England have never qualified but that doesn't make the failure any more palatable.

I knew Croatia we concerned about this game, they felt we had better game shape, and that there was a chance they could lose. I'm not sure how many in England thought that was right but I for one did feel that we had a very good chance of winning today. I predicted LI, mostly because of this concern, but also because I felt they were much stronger than us inside, and would want to use that to their advantage.

We know now they didn't do that, they played BO and normalled, which has come as a big shock. I don't recall considering them normalling even for a second. I don't feel I made a mistake, as I don't see it being the correct decision for them, but it happened and won them the game.

I did of course think about going normal myself, but, though we had to win this game to stay alive, I felt there was no point in winning by using precious enthusiasm, which might lead to a loss next week, and failing anyway, or limping through qualification and being wasted by the time the next game comes along.

In today's game, it was in the end their inside scoring that won the game for them, especially their C. We were leading when Hongs got injured, and while I think its mostly a coincidence, we played a lot worse after he was gone. McDonough and Sharpling performed at their best for us. Luke Innes came in and for a short spell in the second quarter made us look a very good team indeed. He has a bright future ahead of him.

On now to a largely meaningless game against Israel, but one which we will certainly be looking to win, as the players, and their team owners deserve a winning season.

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257594.46 in reply to 257594.43
Date: 5/23/2014 12:51:12 AM
Overall Posts Rated:
9898
+1for all who helped:-)

That's not much more what im getting now in third division:-)

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257594.47 in reply to 257594.46
Date: 5/26/2014 3:38:26 PM
Durham Wasps
III.1
Overall Posts Rated:
16621662
Second Team:
Sunderland Boilermakers
England 102 Israel 110

A disappointing end to a disappointing campaign. We led after three quarters against Italy. We led at half time against Croatia, and after dominating the third quarter against Israel, we surrendered once more in the last.

Very similar shooting stats, indeed both teams ratings were also very similar, and the major difference is in fouls, and therefore free throws. This comes in spite of the fact that we had a higher rating on inside defence than them, though of course their interior offence was higher than ours.

I could have predicted LI. I considered it, and then decided in what I expected to be a close game, to play safe. Frankly I thought if either team made a wrong prediction that would decide the game. Equally if either of us had got it right, that would have had the same effect, but I did feel that us playing LI was unpredictable.

Its been quite a strange season, no one has really played us off the court, yet we've had a losing season. I expected and wanted better. I think perhaps if I'd aimed lower, we could certainly have had a winning season. However, I don't think that's the right way to proceed. I decided very early in the season to retain enthusiasm at all costs. I felt we had enough talent in the team to surprise either one of Italy or Croatia. That that didn't occur is something I'm sorry about, but I do feel we were somewhat unfortunate to have lost the last four games.

Thanks to everyone involved with the players. Game shape can never be perfect every week, but the worst ours could be described as is very good. Thanks also to those people who've helped me behind the scenes, notably Lemonshine and Vecx.

On now to scrimmages and then hopefully, an improved second season for me.

Gully.

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257594.48 in reply to 257594.45
Date: 5/27/2014 10:27:32 AM
Durham Wasps
III.1
Overall Posts Rated:
16621662
Second Team:
Sunderland Boilermakers
I'll be reviewing the season later, hopefully this week, but before then I'd like to bring up something I said last week about the Croatia game.

At the time I said:
... they played BO and normalled, which has come as a big shock. I don't recall considering them normalling even for a second. I don't feel I made a mistake, as I don't see it being the correct decision for them, but it happened and won them the game.

I did of course think about going normal myself, but, though we had to win this game to stay alive, I felt there was no point in winning by using precious enthusiasm, which might lead to a loss next week, and failing anyway, or limping through qualification and being wasted by the time the next game comes along.

Last night Croatia lost to Italy, and Belarus beat Germany. Belarus's pd was equal to Croatia's but Belarus have qualified. By using normal against us, I believe Croatia sacrificed qualification for the win. It made no sense to me last week, and makes none now.


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257594.49 in reply to 257594.48
Date: 6/20/2014 1:24:42 PM
Durham Wasps
III.1
Overall Posts Rated:
16621662
Second Team:
Sunderland Boilermakers
Unofficial Season 27 stats. (I had to add them up). If someone spots an error I'd love to know about it, though I wouldn't recommend checking them personally. Apologies for not separating them by categories but this was a tad easier.

Games Mins FG 3FG FT Diff OR TR AST TO STL BLK PF PTS

Alan Sharpling 7 231 (55-108) (12-35) (24-26) (+42) 3 14 38 11 7 1 25 146
Connor Marshall 7 181 (35-71) (4-16) (8-9) (+11) 8 30 19 4 7 4 11 82
Michael Andrews 7 146 (34-66) (2-6) (7-10) (+41) 10 48 15 4 3 2 15 77
James Gascoigne 6 154 (32-67) (5-14) (7-7) (+3) 1 9 17 4 5 0 7 76
Dick McDonough 5 102 (28-43) (1-5) (9-12) (+27) 9 36 9 2 0 1 6 66
Gregor Simpson 7 198 (22-55) (0-1) (11-14) (-1) 17 63 8 12 3 7 16 55
Stuart Madelin 6 116 (19-47) (1-9) (11-13) (-35) 2 13 24 1 2 0 6 50
Don Holm 5 93 (15-31) (0-0) (13-18) (+17) 13 32 8 4 0 2 10 43
Chellaperumal Singh 5 98 (16-33) (2-10) (8-11) (+40) 0 7 18 0 2 0 13 42
Rudolph Esposto 6 99 (17-37) (2-9) (2-2) (+16) 1 7 17 2 3 1 11 38
Shatrughan Palit 2 29 (6-11) (2-5) (8-8) (+33) 1 4 5 2 0 0 1 22
Bobby Bucky 2 50 (9-15) (0-1) (2-4) (+39) 4 13 4 2 4 1 2 20
Jerermy MacAusland 5 57 (4-12) (0-0) (4-6) (+1) 3 11 1 3 1 2 8 12
Robbie Harris 2 39 (5-15) (1-6) (0-0) (+18) 0 1 3 0 1 0 2 11
Terrell Hongs 1 16 (4-9) (2-3) (0-0) (+12) 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 10
Ivar Millar 1 21 (4-12) (0-2) (0-0) (-6) 3 4 3 1 0 0 1 8
Connor Anderson 5 24 (2-6) (0-2) (2-2) (+10) 0 5 0 2 3 0 4 6
Luke Innes 2 13 (1-3) (0-0) (0-0) (+2) 1 2 3 1 1 0 1 2

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257594.50 in reply to 257594.49
Date: 6/20/2014 1:25:33 PM
Durham Wasps
III.1
Overall Posts Rated:
16621662
Second Team:
Sunderland Boilermakers
Well, that looks a lot uglier than I intended. I may sort them out later so its more readable.